Painters change people’s stereotype of gender through picture books
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to support their families? Why can’t women be independent? Men can also take care of their families. In today’s society, everyone can
freely choose their own career and can choose the life they want according to their own wishes. Can we gradually change this situation from
childhood through picture books? At present, more and more people begin to pay attention to gender equality and join the ranks of breaking
gender stereotypes. The education of gender equality should be started from an early age. Literature and painting are also important media.
The colors, pictures, story content and their cooperation in picture books play a key role in breaking gender stereotypes. This paper starts
from what is gender stereotype, the reasons for the formation of stereotype, and the infl uence of stereotype on children, leads to the infl uence
and role of picture books on children, and then analyzes how picture books breaking gender stereotype guide children in terms of color,
picture and story.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18686/mcs.v5i1.1634
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